David Bowie alumni teaming up for A Bowie Celebration tour in 2019

Pop Legend David Bowie In Concert, At The Hammersmith Appollo, In London.

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David Bowie‘s bandmates, a literal plethora of British music legacy, have just revealed they’ll soon be hitting the road for a world tour titled A Bowie Celebration.

The David Bowie Alumni Tour is the full name for this extensive trek, and as of this writing will hit 11 countries throughout North America, Europe and the U.K. Overall, there will be 54 shows, with more concerts yet to be announced.

David Bowie live at Earls Court Arena on May 12 1973 during the Ziggy Stardust tour.

A Bowie Celebration (or ABC) features members spanning throughout various different eras of Bowie’s musical career. Most notably, Mike Garson joins the roster as Bowie’s longest-standing touring musician. He was his keyboard and piano player.

Garson made the official tour announcement via Twitter on Monday morning.

Earl Slick and Gerry Leonard will be joining ABC on the road as well. Slick replaced original Spider lead guitarist, Mick Ronson, during the Diamond Dogs tour in 1974.

Slick was also featured on five Bowie studio albums and two live recordings, including Young Americans (1975) and Bowie’s penultimate album, The Next Day (2013).

Gerry Leonard toured with Bowie from the 2000s all the way through to The Next Day. He was featured on three albums and was the guitar player and musical director for the critically-acclaimed Reality tour concert DVD.

Gerry Leonard and Earl Slick perform during the Celebrating David Bowie concert at Buckhead Theatre on March 18, 2018, in Atlanta.

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Mark Plati and the beloved Carmine Rojas join the ranks as the last two Bowie alumni for this run of the ABC tour.

Plati helped produce a lot of Bowie’s live sound and toured with him extensively for three years, while Rojas contributed his talents as Bowie’s bassist and toured the world with him through the mid-1980s during the Let’s Dance (1983) breakthrough.

A well-rounded roster indeed. Along with the honorary alum, a wide array of other notable musicians are joining ABC on the road, including Bernard Fowler, Corey Glover and Lee John (Earl Slick’s son).

David Bowie performing at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for As Awareness, at Wembley Stadium, Picture taken Easter Monday, April 20, 1992.

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These musicians took part in the initial run of Celebrating David Bowie, which began in the winter of last year.

The tour’s goal is to celebrate the life of David Bowie, his musical legacy and how he contributed to the world.

Each show will be different, featuring “an ever-rotating mix of hits and deep cuts,” and of course including a range of different vocalists fit to perform the Bowie classics.

Band and crew pose for an end of tour photo prior to the Celebrating David Bowie concert at Buckhead Theatre on March 18, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood was featured as a guest vocalist on a number of shows on the original run. “It’s not a cover band. It’s the actual band,” she said as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. “It’s as close as you’re going to get to Bowie.”

The tour begins with a quick Californian stint at the end of the month. ABC will then take the show to Europe and the U.K., then return to North America in early 2019.